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It’s highly likely that you are visiting because of one of the following reasons:
- on the lookout for a place to do really great work,
- in search of an agency to help grow your business or protect your good name,
- a competitor, wondering what we’re up to,
- or maybe the mom of one of our staff.
Whatever brings you to this page, we would love to answer your questions in person. Until then, here’s some of what you’ll want to know. . .
We recently announced plans to grow our business through one of the largest-ever mergers in the public relations industry, combining operations with Pleon, Europe’s largest strategic communications consultancy. As a result, we’ve strengthened our position as one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse public relations agencies and Europe’s leading public relations agency, with more than 45 offices and affiliates in over 25 countries across the Continent.
We work for global clients, UK clients and very local clients. We’re seasoned communicators with backgrounds in journalism, marketing, science, the arts and prison (long story) among many other pertinent areas. We also have some of the best accountants, HR people, IT specialists and caterers helping us around the clock.
Most of our clients are leaders in their fields – healthcare, cosmetics, domestic goods, civil society, technology, food and beverage, professional services, and entertainment. The few that are not are striving to be, and we’re doing our best to help them get to the top.
Have a question for us? Send it to greatpeople@ketchum.com, and we’ll answer as best as we can.

Interview advice for PR grads

It's nearly summer, which means my inbox is about to be flooded with CVs/resumes from recent grads. Most are forwarded to our people team to match against whatever openings we have, and some are actually invited in to see us for an interview.

Below are some great tips for making the most of those brief face to face exchanges, but how do you make it through the door in the first place? We interview hundreds, but we reject thousands at the first hurdle.

Three tips - ideally for before applying for a job:

Understand us. Get to know our story - who we are, what we care about, where we're going - and then us where you fit. You're a character in our story, not the other way around (at least for interview purposes).

Talk to us. Follow our blogs, social media accounts and let us know what you think. When looking at two equally qualified candidates on paper, I'm more likely to forward the CV of someone I "know", even if it's only virtually on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Showing is better than telling. We like people who can make stuff - a fashion blog, a podcast series on a sports team, videos to support a cause or candidate - anything, really, that shows you're willing to express yourself on topics that matter to you.

And a bonus tip - be persisent. Sometimes it takes a few knocks on the door to get an answer.

Good luck.

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With the median PR salary standing at a handsome $92,125 last year, there's never been such high demand for PR talent, nor such stiff competition.
Although a new grad should expect to start off quite a bit below that figure, a solid interview can help you land the job to make you the envy of your class.
Here are a few ways in which newly minted PR grads can nail their first post-college interview: